The Tanakh Podcast

We are still on "that day" - a day which is part apocalypse, part redemptive. This chapter speaks about the purging of Jerusalem.

Chapter 12-14 describe an "end of days" global battle against Jerusalem in which God will fight the nations, save his city and his people. Today we study the first installment of this heady drama.

The "sheep of the slaughter" - one of the most mysterious and cryptic chapters in Tanakh.

We visit the debate of when Zechariah ch.9-14 was written.

Today we discuss the notion that the future king who will bring peace to Jerusalem will be "poor and riding a donkey" (9:9) - an image which has often been seen as associated with the Mashiach.

Today we discuss the phrase (8:16) "Truth, Justice and Peace" and the inherent tensions between them.

It is the 4th year of Darius. The Temple is not yet completed but the structure is already standing. People are asking: Will we need to fast on the 9th of Av this year? The prophet responds. What do you think he said?

Two prophecies: Chariots (again) - and Crowns. What are the messages behind these prophecies? In our reading, both are prophecies encouraging the returnees to Jerusalem that God is backing the enterprise of the Return to Zion, and the project of rebuilding the Temple.

A flying scroll; a female figure of evil transported in a lead cauldron - these are the strange and colourful images of our chapter. But What do they mean?

An image of a golden Menorah with two olive trees. This prophecy has become the basis of the national crest of the State of Israel. But what does it all mean?